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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 Mexico 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 Denmark 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 United Kingdom 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 Federal Republic of Germany 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 Italy 1,172,464 461.673 2,539.60 418.823 2,799.43 India 18,477 6.745 2,739.35 6.119 3,019.61 Taiwan 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,757,843 934.066 1,881.93 847.371 2,074.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 24,042,551 51,183.456 469.73 46,432.864 517.79 Mexico 71,319,849 132,733.125 537.32 120,413.500 592.29 Brazil 96,243,004 205,712.711 467.85 186,619.485 515.72 Sweden 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 Norway 5,864,071 14,364.511 408.23 13,031.269 450.00 United Kingdom 19,299,346 6,933.568 2,783.47 6,290.029 3,068.24 Ireland 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 Netherlands 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 Belgium 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 Federal Republic of Germany 7,254,354 12,130.753 598.01 11,004.838 659.20 Russia 57,977,187 121,165.545 478.50 109,919.565 527.45 Ukraine 10,675,295 21,734.049 491.18 19,716.804 541.43 Spain 582,521 210.177 2,771.57 190.670 3,055.13 Italy 27,228,275 64,159.581 424.38 58,204.610 467.80 Slovenia 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 Singapore 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 China 15,222,998 33,947.157 448.43 30,796.352 494.31 Taiwan 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 Japan 19,673,164 40,039.999 491.34 36,323.687 541.61 Australia 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 401,056,358 787,760.324 509.11 714,644.347 561.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,695,831 25,322.233 580.35 22,971.950 639.73 Mexico 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 Trinidad and Tobago 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 Brazil 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 Argentina 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 Sweden 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 Finland 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,797,853 811.422 2,215.68 736.110 2,442.37 Netherlands 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 France 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 Spain 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 Italy 709,925 1,178.541 602.38 1,069.155 664.01 Turkey 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 India 3,409,058 9,196.366 370.70 8,342.806 408.62 Singapore 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 China 57,664,106 142,372.096 405.02 129,157.830 446.46 Korea, South 631,896 1,105.663 571.51 1,003.041 629.98 Taiwan 2,228,430 688.699 3,235.71 624.778 3,566.75 Japan 9,080,985 13,128.467 691.70 11,909.949 762.47 Egypt 5,024,958 10,860.915 462.66 9,852.860 510.00 South Africa 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,531,335 262,122.950 471.27 237,794.008 519.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,980,932 10,598.238 753.04 9,614.563 830.09 Mexico 2,281,678 3,804.769 599.69 3,451.630 661.04 Brazil 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 Norway 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 United Kingdom 3,402,948 4,520.944 752.71 4,101.333 829.72 Netherlands 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 Luxembourg 4,053,984 5,130.373 790.19 4,654.198 871.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 Switzerland 50,920 9.102 5,593.83 8.258 6,166.14 Poland 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 Russia 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 Spain 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 Italy 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 Turkey 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 India 1,029,334 290.543 3,542.78 263.577 3,905.25 Malaysia 939,889 2,124.749 442.35 1,927.541 487.61 China 4,175,648 8,061.695 517.96 7,313.449 570.95 Korea, South 5,455,047 9,253.404 589.52 8,394.550 649.83 Taiwan 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 Japan 3,514,405 6,164.491 570.10 5,592.334 628.43 South Africa 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,499,805 87,783.205 609.45 79,635.607 671.81 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,190,829 1,220.012 976.08 1,106.777 1,075.94 Luxembourg 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 Federal Republic of Germany 355,088 166.767 2,129.24 151.289 2,347.08 China 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,852,505 2,727.092 1,045.99 2,473.977 1,153.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 28,387,920 31,926.226 889.17 28,962.994 980.14 Mexico 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 Brazil 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 Sweden 13,895,089 8,418.409 1,650.56 7,637.055 1,819.43 Norway 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 Finland 993,615 472.749 2,101.78 428.871 2,316.82 United Kingdom 335,934 221.022 1,519.91 200.508 1,675.41 Belgium 11,307,430 3,119.853 3,624.35 2,830.284 3,995.16 France 1,963,158 884.772 2,218.83 802.652 2,445.84 Federal Republic of Germany 7,298,552 3,915.135 1,864.19 3,551.752 2,054.92 Austria 2,521,201 2,115.879 1,191.56 1,919.494 1,313.47 Ukraine 2,127,531 2,362.328 900.61 2,143.069 992.75 Italy 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 Slovenia 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 Turkey 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 India 337,679 107.395 3,144.24 97.428 3,465.93 Thailand 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 Malaysia 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 China 890,791 1,394.942 638.59 1,265.471 703.92 Korea, South 12,839,888 19,951.010 643.57 18,099.257 709.42 Taiwan 9,422,484 1,217.804 7,737.27 1,104.774 8,528.88 Japan 3,514,567 2,961.817 1,186.63 2,686.916 1,308.03 Australia 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 South Africa 4,904,468 4,589.525 1,068.62 4,163.549 1,177.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 128,426,575 139,063.736 923.51 126,156.535 1,017.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,447,967 34,287.178 625.54 31,104.814 689.54 Mexico 6,639,120 10,605.114 626.03 9,620.801 690.08 Sweden 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 Finland 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 United Kingdom 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 Netherlands 10,438,374 18,813.504 554.83 17,067.329 611.60 Belgium 2,242,810 1,220.326 1,837.88 1,107.062 2,025.91 France 1,928,971 3,029.724 636.68 2,748.521 701.82 Federal Republic of Germany 5,772,878 10,181.638 566.99 9,236.630 625.00 Russia 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 Spain 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 Italy 1,953,874 4,733.552 412.77 4,294.208 455.00 India 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 Malaysia 8,972,841 21,689.870 413.69 19,676.725 456.01 China 281,231 142.806 1,969.31 129.552 2,170.80 Korea, South 761,549 752.050 1,012.63 682.249 1,116.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 678,859 935.371 725.76 848.555 800.02 New Zealand 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,528,822 128,023.127 589.96 116,140.660 650.32 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 Luxembourg 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 Austria 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 Czech Republic 1,571,244 2,536.969 619.34 2,301.501 682.70 Poland 113,526 163.891 692.69 148.680 763.56 Spain 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 Japan 16,233,972 26,755.015 606.76 24,271.749 668.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,127,979 30,592.662 625.25 27,753.204 689.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 Austria 272,209 327.011 832.41 296.660 917.58 China 425,848 606.684 701.93 550.375 773.74 Korea, South 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 Japan 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,161,922 1,524.364 762.23 1,382.881 840.22 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 339,357 615.835 551.05 558.677 607.43 China 79,560 107.264 741.72 97.309 817.60 Australia 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 778,548 1,281.649 607.46 1,162.693 669.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,649,878 52,387.540 642.33 47,525.191 708.04 Mexico 2,763,816 4,205.197 657.24 3,814.892 724.48 Dominican Republic 53,250 99.207 536.75 90.000 591.67 Trinidad and Tobago 286,118 551.919 518.41 500.693 571.44 Brazil 705,130 1,294.507 544.71 1,174.358 600.44 Argentina 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 Sweden 3,493,962 1,178.647 2,964.38 1,069.251 3,267.67 United Kingdom 3,830,639 3,735.696 1,025.41 3,388.968 1,130.33 Netherlands 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 France 1,244,532 552.034 2,254.45 500.797 2,485.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,133,676 1,260.935 1,692.14 1,143.902 1,865.26 Austria 1,709,888 614.174 2,784.04 557.170 3,068.88 Czech Republic 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 Switzerland 567,776 117.874 4,816.78 106.934 5,309.59 Russia 7,237 5.707 1,267.92 5.178 1,397.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 1,818,052 1,906.241 953.74 1,729.314 1,051.31 Spain 3,035,083 3,282.126 924.73 2,977.496 1,019.34 Portugal 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy 966,883 422.278 2,289.68 383.085 2,523.94 Romania 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 Turkey 5,311,552 9,378.777 566.34 8,508.286 624.28 India 770,141 605.481 1,271.95 549.284 1,402.08 Malaysia 268,143 628.887 426.38 570.517 470.00 China 5,436,700 7,461.937 728.59 6,769.358 803.13 Korea, South 3,735,497 4,266.345 875.57 3,870.365 965.15 Taiwan 2,019,241 532.466 3,792.24 483.046 4,180.23 Japan 8,976,082 10,804.063 830.81 9,801.284 915.81 South Africa 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,514,195 107,089.964 789.19 97,150.409 869.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,210,771 7,834.119 665.14 7,106.996 733.19 Mexico 3,846,669 6,451.627 596.23 5,852.820 657.23 Brazil 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 Luxembourg 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 Italy 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 Turkey 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 India 3,285,984 1,089.303 3,016.59 988.200 3,325.22 Malaysia 2,099,032 4,810.733 436.32 4,364.225 480.96 China 377,922 664.651 568.60 602.962 626.78 Korea, South 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 Japan 1,351,899 164.364 8,225.01 149.109 9,066.52 Australia 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,171,339 27,232.552 703.99 24,704.963 776.01 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,194,243 10,136.612 512.42 9,195.783 564.85 Mexico 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 Dominican Republic 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 Brazil 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 United Kingdom 60,038 21.164 2,836.75 19.200 3,126.98 Luxembourg 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 Federal Republic of Germany 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 Turkey 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 India 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 Thailand 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 China 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 Hong Kong 9,987,158 25,889.660 385.76 23,486.712 425.23 Taiwan 30,686,257 66,554.492 461.07 60,377.237 508.24 Japan 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 Egypt 13,902,884 27,712.953 501.67 25,140.776 553.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 165,053,668 370,042.172 446.04 335,696.707 491.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,810,615 6,996.087 1,402.30 6,346.746 1,545.77 Mexico 143,103 131.095 1,091.59 118.928 1,203.27 Brazil 171,168 76.621 2,233.94 69.510 2,462.49 Argentina 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 Sweden 1,319,923 405.727 3,253.22 368.070 3,586.07 Norway 4,437 0.390 11,370.56 0.354 12,533.90 United Kingdom 3,768,521 1,937.415 1,945.13 1,757.594 2,144.14 France 5,627,138 3,197.678 1,759.76 2,900.886 1,939.80 Federal Republic of Germany 6,702,764 4,602.782 1,456.24 4,175.575 1,605.23 Austria 225,850 95.457 2,365.96 86.598 2,608.03 Czech Republic 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 Switzerland 527,071 91.726 5,746.11 83.213 6,334.00 Latvia 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 Russia 1,652,630 682.440 2,421.65 619.100 2,669.41 Ukraine 1,547,551 2,006.757 771.17 1,820.500 850.07 Spain 1,452,233 1,396.221 1,040.12 1,266.631 1,146.53 Italy 5,492,625 1,313.700 4,181.03 1,191.769 4,608.80 Slovenia 76,008 16.172 4,699.97 14.671 5,180.83 Romania 82,691 39.614 2,087.37 35.938 2,300.93 Saudi Arabia 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 United Arab Emirates 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 India 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 China 2,357,889 2,170.372 1,086.40 1,968.929 1,197.55 Korea, South 300,456 199.654 1,504.88 181.124 1,658.84 Taiwan 6,028,526 1,526.933 3,948.13 1,385.211 4,352.06 Japan 1,355,333 992.308 1,365.84 900.207 1,505.58 South Africa 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,756,557 29,334.280 1,798.46 26,611.619 1,982.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 740,700 484.902 1,527.52 439.896 1,683.81 Mexico 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 Brazil 1,748,967 620.496 2,818.66 562.905 3,107.04 Sweden 1,838,233 598.624 3,070.76 543.063 3,384.94 United Kingdom 376,078 55.890 6,728.84 50.703 7,417.27 Netherlands 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 France 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,699,601 2,599.556 1,807.85 2,358.279 1,992.81 Austria 2,684,735 600.791 4,468.66 545.029 4,925.86 Czech Republic 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 Switzerland 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 Poland 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,085,704 312.371 3,475.68 283.379 3,831.28 Ukraine 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 Spain 86,485 84.004 1,029.52 76.208 1,134.85 Slovenia 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 India 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 China 3,619,282 802.482 4,510.11 728.000 4,971.54 Korea, South 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 Taiwan 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 Japan 4,807,759 3,893.520 1,234.81 3,532.143 1,361.15 Australia 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 South Africa 29,411 3.354 8,768.06 3.043 9,665.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,135,256 11,855.654 2,204.45 10,755.272 2,429.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,577,169 31,397.130 878.33 28,483.006 968.20 Mexico 4,261,454 4,663.523 913.78 4,230.679 1,007.27 Guatemala 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Dominican Republic 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 Colombia 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 Venezuela 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 Chile 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 Brazil 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 Argentina 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 Sweden 26,769 7.915 3,381.76 7.181 3,727.75 United Kingdom 22,637 42.279 535.42 38.355 590.20 Ireland 5,001 0.480 10,405.58 0.436 11,470.18 France 39,457 26.511 1,488.29 24.051 1,640.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,960,075 1,150.761 1,703.28 1,043.954 1,877.55 Austria 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 Czech Republic 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 Poland 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 Ukraine 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 Spain 1,004,917 694.804 1,446.33 630.316 1,594.31 Italy 565,152 287.043 1,968.87 260.402 2,170.31 Romania 832,803 1,163.203 715.96 1,055.241 789.21 United Arab Emirates 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 Oman 937,479 1,484.558 631.49 1,346.769 696.09 India 1,331,171 2,168.840 613.77 1,967.540 676.57 Thailand 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 Vietnam 1,088,587 2,258.796 481.93 2,049.146 531.24 Indonesia 927,805 2,044.761 453.75 1,854.977 500.17 China 43,055,625 80,094.017 537.56 72,660.091 592.56 Korea, South 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 Taiwan 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 Japan 3,004,353 3,156.035 951.94 2,863.108 1,049.33 Australia 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 Algeria 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 614,048 1,078.106 569.56 978.042 627.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,306,263 148,497.436 662.01 134,714.646 729.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,568,413 8,071.028 1,309.43 7,321.916 1,443.39 Mexico 42,400 78.043 543.29 70.800 598.87 Colombia 7,075,573 5,603.624 1,262.68 5,083.524 1,391.86 Venezuela 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 Brazil 3,721,322 2,406.333 1,546.47 2,182.990 1,704.69 United Kingdom 662,282 47.388 13,975.63 42.990 15,405.49 Netherlands 56,826 9.369 6,064.91 8.500 6,685.41 France 33,489 84.089 398.25 76.285 439.00 Federal Republic of Germany 14,862,478 8,892.364 1,671.38 8,067.020 1,842.38 Austria 18,810,503 13,394.818 1,404.31 12,151.578 1,547.99 Russia 6,887,012 5,984.588 1,150.79 5,429.129 1,268.53 Ukraine 5,150,630 3,690.605 1,395.61 3,348.062 1,538.39 Spain 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 Romania 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 India 6,441,240 5,340.412 1,206.13 4,844.742 1,329.53 China 67,074,709 62,030.081 1,081.33 56,272.759 1,191.96 Korea, South 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 Taiwan 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 Japan 38,164,235 8,191.338 4,659.10 7,431.059 5,135.77 South Africa 1,361,200 1,336.081 1,018.80 1,212.073 1,123.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 198,905,949 146,139.806 1,361.07 132,575.840 1,500.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 34,857,272 30,035.897 1,160.52 27,248.116 1,279.25 Mexico 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 Brazil 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 Federal Republic of Germany 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 Czech Republic 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 Russia 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 Italy 14,400,518 16,245.538 886.43 14,737.709 977.12 Greece 1,418,554 1,744.737 813.05 1,582.800 896.23 Romania 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 India 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 China 7,512,476 10,609.233 708.11 9,624.537 780.55 Korea, South 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 Taiwan 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 Japan 9,170,286 10,292.814 890.94 9,337.487 982.09 South Africa 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,620,971 90,104.811 883.65 81,741.733 974.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 89,225 71.574 1,246.61 64.931 1,374.15 Mexico 3,224,414 3,462.583 931.22 3,141.204 1,026.49 Venezuela 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 Brazil 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 Argentina 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 Sweden 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 United Kingdom 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 France 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 Federal Republic of Germany 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 Austria 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 Slovakia 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 Russia 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 Ukraine 1,088,321 1,101.214 988.29 999.005 1,089.40 Spain 653,435 463.634 1,409.38 420.602 1,553.57 Romania 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 China 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 Korea, South 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 Taiwan 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 Japan 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 South Africa 366,705 439.899 833.61 399.070 918.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,722,163 39,824.794 997.42 36,128.456 1,099.47 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 Mexico 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 Venezuela 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 Federal Republic of Germany 49,171 2.601 18,901.35 2.360 20,835.17 Greece 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 China 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 Korea, South 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 Taiwan 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 South Africa 2,374,858 4,192.437 566.46 3,803.316 624.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,515,708 35,091.451 613.13 31,834.438 675.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,923,879 8,421.150 1,297.20 7,639.541 1,429.91 Mexico 12,213,700 13,974.925 873.97 12,677.843 963.39 Costa Rica 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 Dominican Republic 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 Colombia 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 Brazil 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 Argentina 795,547 297.113 2,677.59 269.537 2,951.53 Sweden 894,473 587.152 1,523.41 532.656 1,679.27 Denmark 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 United Kingdom 212,792 141.263 1,506.35 128.152 1,660.47 Netherlands 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 France 990,446 625.100 1,584.46 567.082 1,746.57 Federal Republic of Germany 4,684,217 2,561.474 1,828.72 2,323.731 2,015.82 Austria 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 Czech Republic 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 Slovakia 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 Switzerland 1,540,520 584.001 2,637.87 529.797 2,907.76 Poland 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 Russia 856,689 1,064.998 804.40 966.151 886.70 Belarus 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 Ukraine 23,720 22.519 1,053.33 20.429 1,161.09 Spain 1,545,264 797.977 1,936.48 723.913 2,134.60 Italy 1,557,949 938.882 1,659.37 851.740 1,829.14 Romania 2,317,530 1,946.730 1,190.47 1,766.045 1,312.27 Turkey 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 Saudi Arabia 19,491 15.803 1,233.31 14.337 1,359.49 United Arab Emirates 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 India 1,154,218 846.830 1,362.99 768.232 1,502.43 Thailand 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 Vietnam 12,300 6.547 1,878.51 5.940 2,070.71 China 16,278,241 22,480.340 724.11 20,393.828 798.19 Korea, South 2,144,494 2,820.482 760.33 2,558.699 838.12 Hong Kong 47,607 41.887 1,136.54 38.000 1,252.82 Taiwan 103,142 59.254 1,740.65 53.755 1,918.74 Japan 8,947,630 4,151.163 2,155.45 3,765.873 2,375.98 Australia 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 South Africa 799,375 1,275.467 626.73 1,157.085 690.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,752,135 71,254.457 1,035.05 64,640.975 1,140.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 78,094 50.811 1,536.95 46.095 1,694.20 Mexico 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 Brazil 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 Argentina 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 Sweden 244,463 161.850 1,510.43 146.828 1,664.96 Netherlands 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 France 2,176,267 982.247 2,215.60 891.080 2,442.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,073,706 1,987.366 2,552.98 1,802.909 2,814.18 Czech Republic 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 Slovakia 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 Poland 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 Ukraine 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 Italy 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 Romania 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 Turkey 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 India 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 China 2,370,306 2,638.168 898.47 2,393.307 990.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 Japan 922,899 441.134 2,092.10 400.191 2,306.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,404,017 8,984.047 1,937.21 8,150.193 2,135.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,874,140 1,764.527 6,162.64 1,600.753 6,793.14 Mexico 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 Uruguay 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Sweden 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 Finland 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 Denmark 68,506 12.552 5,457.77 11.387 6,016.16 United Kingdom 875,416 144.435 6,060.93 131.030 6,681.03 Ireland 43,434 3.094 14,037.29 2.807 15,473.46 Netherlands 9,356 1.967 4,754.97 1.785 5,241.46 France 1,293,972 243.126 5,322.21 220.561 5,866.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,582,305 354.329 7,287.87 321.442 8,033.50 Austria 349,976 48.730 7,181.80 44.208 7,916.58 Czech Republic 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 Slovakia 211,457 36.154 5,848.67 32.799 6,447.06 Switzerland 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 Ukraine 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 Spain 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 Italy 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 India 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 Thailand 624,773 173.610 3,598.70 157.497 3,966.89 Malaysia 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 Singapore 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 China 14,275,973 3,608.008 3,956.75 3,273.131 4,361.56 Korea, South 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 Taiwan 9,960,730 2,082.729 4,782.54 1,889.421 5,271.84 Japan 4,529,034 945.386 4,790.67 857.640 5,280.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,333,051 11,949.505 4,881.63 10,840.412 5,381.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,166,481 1,051.881 3,010.30 954.251 3,318.29 Mexico 406,632 163.776 2,482.84 148.576 2,736.86 Ecuador 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 United Kingdom 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 France 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,416 2.086 3,074.75 1.893 3,389.33 Italy 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 India 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 Vietnam 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 China 180,865 74.949 2,413.16 67.993 2,660.05 Taiwan 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 Japan 389,662 91.070 4,278.67 82.618 4,716.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,350,358 1,490.339 2,919.04 1,352.014 3,217.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,417,620 22,721.668 898.60 20,612.757 990.53 Mexico 7,798,994 6,494.342 1,200.89 5,891.570 1,323.75 Finland 311,402 83.709 3,720.03 75.940 4,100.63 Belgium 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 France 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 Federal Republic of Germany 31,504 11.177 2,818.54 10.140 3,106.90 Austria 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 Switzerland 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 Ukraine 2,451,864 3,560.365 688.66 3,229.910 759.11 Italy 306,390 134.078 2,285.15 121.634 2,518.95 Turkey 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 China 8,825,177 16,096.351 548.27 14,602.369 604.37 Korea, South 3,393,115 7,222.182 469.82 6,551.856 517.89 Taiwan 2,173,528 617.843 3,517.93 560.498 3,877.85 Japan 2,603,780 3,340.481 779.46 3,030.435 859.21 Australia 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 South Africa 41,625 114.339 364.05 103.727 401.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,614,063 74,045.881 751.08 67,173.313 827.92 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 426,872 488.371 874.07 443.043 963.50 Mexico 355,328 279.107 1,273.09 253.202 1,403.34 China 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 Korea, South 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 Taiwan 14,966 22.599 662.22 20.502 729.98 Japan 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 Algeria 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,166,593 2,812.452 770.36 2,551.415 849.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,333,614 18,590.490 932.39 16,865.014 1,027.79 Mexico 8,480,309 8,585.351 987.76 7,788.502 1,088.82 Dominican Republic 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 Colombia 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 Venezuela 596,265 731.691 814.91 663.780 898.29 Ecuador 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 Chile 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 Brazil 707,186 1,008.801 701.02 915.170 772.74 Argentina 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 Sweden 1,431,085 234.575 6,100.75 212.803 6,724.93 Finland 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 United Kingdom 1,136,334 374.994 3,030.27 340.189 3,340.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 136,977 76.378 1,793.41 69.289 1,976.89 Belgium 554,628 413.279 1,342.02 374.921 1,479.32 France 927,149 393.715 2,354.87 357.173 2,595.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,130,277 870.174 2,448.10 789.409 2,698.57 Austria 1,045,228 123.797 8,443.06 112.307 9,306.88 Czech Republic 341,711 266.515 1,282.14 241.779 1,413.32 Switzerland 416,131 60.374 6,892.48 54.771 7,597.65 Poland 1,200,051 1,138.477 1,054.08 1,032.810 1,161.93 Russia 83,396 115.526 721.88 104.804 795.73 Belarus 371,697 402.276 923.98 364.939 1,018.52 Ukraine 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 Moldova 770,395 905.082 851.19 821.077 938.27 Spain 409,265 357.919 1,143.46 324.699 1,260.44 Italy 1,298,290 865.132 1,500.68 784.835 1,654.22 Greece 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 Turkey 228,000 355.698 640.99 322.684 706.57 Israel 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 India 3,408,003 1,400.481 2,433.45 1,270.496 2,682.42 Thailand 541,816 521.063 1,039.83 472.701 1,146.21 Vietnam 116,039 33.343 3,480.08 30.249 3,836.13 Malaysia 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 Indonesia 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 China 13,632,844 16,307.959 835.96 14,794.336 921.49 Korea, South 7,772,736 4,745.032 1,638.08 4,304.622 1,805.67 Hong Kong 175,355 38.745 4,525.86 35.149 4,988.90 Taiwan 3,468,609 2,110.535 1,643.47 1,914.646 1,811.62 Japan 5,771,400 4,336.840 1,330.78 3,934.317 1,466.94 Australia 147,310 107.615 1,368.86 97.627 1,508.91 South Africa 1,204,502 1,765.179 682.37 1,601.344 752.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,582,837 69,295.581 1,119.59 62,863.912 1,234.14 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 Mexico 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 Brazil 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 Belgium 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 Taiwan 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 Japan 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,364,368 9,092.961 589.95 8,248.998 650.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,696,388 14,940.158 715.95 13,553.488 789.20 Brazil 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 Norway 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 Netherlands 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 Belgium 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 Spain 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 China 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 Korea, South 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 Taiwan 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,267,966 40,976.725 689.85 37,173.471 760.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,238,832 2,678.971 835.71 2,430.323 921.21 Brazil 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 United Kingdom 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 Netherlands 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 France 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 Federal Republic of Germany 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 Taiwan 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 Japan 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,649,441 6,230.219 746.27 5,651.962 822.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 39,640,786 63,278.142 626.45 57,404.980 690.55 Mexico 15,075,840 24,605.906 612.69 22,322.109 675.38 Sweden 4,326,403 5,892.997 734.16 5,346.039 809.27 Finland 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 Netherlands 12,546,690 23,918.024 524.57 21,698.073 578.24 Belgium 2,914,383 5,038.041 578.48 4,570.436 637.66 France 12,755,314 22,388.843 569.72 20,310.823 628.01 Federal Republic of Germany 1,426,734 1,992.499 716.05 1,807.566 789.31 Austria 510,625 724.835 704.47 657.560 776.55 Russia 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 Spain 2,242,174 3,614.188 620.38 3,278.738 683.85 Italy 777,949 1,928.182 403.46 1,749.218 444.74 Turkey 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 India 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 Malaysia 30,012,440 62,533.222 479.94 56,729.201 529.05 China 3,708 1.144 3,240.70 1.038 3,572.25 Korea, South 45,430,156 96,842.175 469.12 87,853.769 517.11 Taiwan 3,099,282 4,938.094 627.63 4,479.765 691.84 Japan 3,856,349 4,735.154 814.41 4,295.661 897.73 Australia 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 New Zealand 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 Egypt 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 South Africa 2,096,851 2,505.156 837.01 2,272.640 922.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 217,138,184 400,749.130 541.83 363,553.598 597.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 23,049,750 30,939.319 745.00 28,067.686 821.22 Mexico 32,927,798 20,417.267 1,612.74 18,522.239 1,777.74 Dominican Republic 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 Colombia 158,640 7.180 22,093.31 6.514 24,353.70 Brazil 31,462,896 40,040.129 785.78 36,323.805 866.18 Argentina 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 Sweden 3,761,182 1,911.632 1,967.52 1,734.204 2,168.82 Finland 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 United Kingdom 550,600 405.822 1,356.75 368.156 1,495.56 Netherlands 8,262,465 12,692.094 650.99 11,514.078 717.60 Belgium 10,902,880 12,472.529 874.15 11,314.892 963.59 Luxembourg 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 France 2,473,395 1,426.499 1,733.89 1,294.099 1,911.29 Federal Republic of Germany 3,907,892 3,110.078 1,256.52 2,821.417 1,385.08 Austria 2,005,809 865.505 2,317.50 785.174 2,554.60 Russia 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 Spain 378,232 123.282 3,068.01 111.840 3,381.90 Italy 1,800,526 2,283.172 788.61 2,071.260 869.29 Turkey 9,428,780 16,276.503 579.29 14,765.800 638.56 India 10,450,022 16,981.998 615.36 15,405.814 678.32 Thailand 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 Singapore 68,391 26.693 2,562.08 24.216 2,824.21 Indonesia 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 China 48,681,189 48,727.526 999.05 44,204.881 1,101.26 Korea, South 12,305,986 15,798.356 778.94 14,332.032 858.64 Taiwan 34,543,154 44,220.272 781.16 40,115.968 861.08 Japan 8,735,537 11,691.049 747.20 10,605.945 823.65 Australia 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 New Zealand 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 South Africa 6,530,381 3,916.752 1,667.29 3,553.219 1,837.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 261,779,299 295,866.761 884.79 268,405.887 975.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 30,839,965 41,277.184 747.14 37,446.042 823.58 Mexico 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 Costa Rica 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 Colombia 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 Venezuela 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 Brazil 13,428,042 19,285.952 696.26 17,495.927 767.50 Argentina 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 Sweden 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 Netherlands 631,596 968.058 652.44 878.208 719.19 Belgium 378,098 408.476 925.63 370.564 1,020.33 France 298,057 375.336 794.11 340.500 875.35 Federal Republic of Germany 6,128,383 10,979.480 558.17 9,960.420 615.27 Austria 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Kazakhstan 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Spain 1,640,311 2,233.012 734.57 2,025.755 809.73 Turkey 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 India 70,027,008 85,768.044 816.47 77,807.483 900.00 Pakistan 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Indonesia 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 China 54,067,125 76,106.847 710.41 69,042.990 783.09 Korea, South 16,672,664 21,525.736 774.55 19,527.825 853.79 Hong Kong 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 Taiwan 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 Japan 6,039,962 8,004.939 754.53 7,261.961 831.73 Australia 285,130 313.056 910.79 284.000 1,003.98 New Zealand 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 Morocco 2,942,055 3,263.909 901.39 2,960.970 993.61 South Africa 54,642 80.188 681.42 72.746 751.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 255,949,888 338,318.234 756.54 306,917.226 833.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,478,232 1,175.167 1,257.89 1,066.094 1,386.59 Mexico 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 Sweden 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 Belgium 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 Luxembourg 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 Federal Republic of Germany 5,581,669 8,543.075 653.36 7,750.150 720.20 China 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 Korea, South 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 Taiwan 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 Japan 2,822,345 2,800.459 1,007.81 2,540.535 1,110.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,421,867 16,926.831 792.93 15,355.768 874.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,052,024 5,265.798 1,149.31 4,777.053 1,266.89 Mexico 8,696,770 9,600.805 905.84 8,709.707 998.51 Venezuela 48,080 57.808 831.71 52.443 916.80 Chile 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 Brazil 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 United Kingdom 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 Belgium 328,409 225.951 1,453.45 204.980 1,602.15 Luxembourg 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 France 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 Federal Republic of Germany 871,764 423.324 2,059.33 384.034 2,270.02 Austria 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 Italy 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 India 1,144,808 1,416.397 808.25 1,284.935 890.95 China 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 Korea, South 20,957,016 26,887.687 779.43 24,392.107 859.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 Japan 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,069,685 76,302.515 839.68 69,220.497 925.59 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 Sweden 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 United Kingdom 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 France 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 Austria 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 Czech Republic 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 Russia 4,311,739 1,424.394 3,027.07 1,292.189 3,336.77 Korea, South 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 Japan 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,781,505 6,335.610 1,859.57 5,747.571 2,049.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,651,382 4,231.501 626.58 3,838.755 690.69 Mexico 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 Finland 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 United Kingdom 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 Federal Republic of Germany 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 Slovenia 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 Turkey 72,030 148.784 484.12 134.975 533.65 Japan 80,759 43.574 1,853.36 39.530 2,042.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,647,494 5,839.761 795.84 5,297.744 877.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,166,094 3,106.903 1,019.05 2,818.536 1,123.31 Mexico 3,634,444 1,628.929 2,231.19 1,477.740 2,459.46 Chile 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 Brazil 119,934 85.882 1,396.50 77.911 1,539.37 Sweden 1,827,037 310.295 5,888.06 281.495 6,490.48 Finland 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 United Kingdom 1,064,546 473.004 2,250.60 429.103 2,480.86 Netherlands 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 Belgium 140,577 61.214 2,296.46 55.533 2,531.41 France 1,341,684 237.168 5,657.08 215.156 6,235.87 Federal Republic of Germany 5,394,573 3,140.665 1,717.65 2,849.165 1,893.39 Austria 541,469 95.565 5,665.92 86.696 6,245.61 Hungary 19,917 27.391 727.13 24.849 801.52 Switzerland 137,076 64.868 2,113.13 58.848 2,329.32 Russia 9,570 11.758 813.89 10.667 897.16 Italy 94,677 43.751 2,163.96 39.691 2,385.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,249,976 466.068 2,681.96 422.810 2,956.35 China 1,530,356 2,451.188 624.33 2,223.681 688.21 Korea, South 1,988,173 1,748.945 1,136.78 1,586.617 1,253.09 Taiwan 675,570 332.759 2,030.21 301.874 2,237.92 Japan 2,840,393 767.197 3,702.30 695.990 4,081.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,938,217 15,430.007 1,745.83 13,997.871 1,924.45 GRAND TOTAL 2,776,634,729 3,898,927.130 712.15 3,537,048.193 785.01 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 Denmark 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 Italy 332,186 140.111 2,370.87 127.107 2,613.44 India 15,706 6.391 2,457.44 5.798 2,708.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 744,908 558.655 1,333.39 506.804 1,469.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,813,672 2,477.167 732.16 2,247.249 807.06 Mexico 23,167,967 40,679.120 569.53 36,903.488 627.80 Brazil 561,603 863.146 650.65 783.034 717.21 Norway 3,547,795 8,690.606 408.23 7,883.988 450.00 United Kingdom 99,428 12.606 7,887.34 11.436 8,694.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,360,210 1,284.788 1,837.04 1,165.541 2,024.99 Russia 201,878 115.896 1,741.87 105.140 1,920.09 Italy 353,427 245.742 1,438.20 222.934 1,585.34 Slovenia 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,122,149 54,378.710 590.71 49,331.550 651.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 525,403 827.976 634.56 751.128 699.49 United Kingdom 2,623,157 3,721.711 704.83 3,376.281 776.94 Japan 7,778 14.055 553.38 12.751 609.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,156,338 4,563.743 691.61 4,140.160 762.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 17,062,107 15,448.285 1,104.47 14,014.453 1,217.47 Mexico 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 Brazil 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 Sweden 13,087,847 8,232.759 1,589.73 7,468.636 1,752.37 Finland 278,571 237.945 1,170.73 215.861 1,290.51 United Kingdom 214,149 196.494 1,089.85 178.257 1,201.35 Belgium 5,471,899 1,778.858 3,076.07 1,613.754 3,390.79 France 930,240 677.452 1,373.14 614.575 1,513.63 Federal Republic of Germany 6,043,968 3,137.010 1,926.66 2,845.849 2,123.78 Austria 2,135,254 1,620.243 1,317.86 1,469.861 1,452.69 Ukraine 1,080,876 815.517 1,325.39 739.825 1,460.99 India 43,200 22.049 1,959.23 20.003 2,159.68 China 830,855 1,361.282 610.35 1,234.935 672.79 Japan 1,900,512 1,735.492 1,095.08 1,574.413 1,207.12 South Africa 445,112 96.011 4,636.04 87.100 5,110.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 51,281,601 37,017.694 1,385.33 33,581.897 1,527.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,278,848 1,745.268 732.75 1,583.281 807.72 Netherlands 6,453,131 11,252.110 573.50 10,207.746 632.18 France 1,062,432 1,450.220 732.60 1,315.618 807.55 Japan 449,716 706.244 636.77 640.694 701.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,244,127 15,153.843 610.02 13,747.339 672.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 1,571,244 2,536.969 619.34 2,301.501 682.70 Japan 351,230 495.654 708.62 449.650 781.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,922,474 3,032.624 633.93 2,751.151 698.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,085,268 26,883.885 672.72 24,388.658 741.54 Mexico 1,486,605 2,118.642 701.68 1,922.001 773.47 Trinidad and Tobago 244,621 509.970 479.68 462.638 528.75 Brazil 111,520 65.121 1,712.50 59.077 1,887.71 Sweden 1,091,668 419.271 2,603.72 380.357 2,870.11 United Kingdom 921,459 621.308 1,483.09 563.642 1,634.83 Netherlands 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 France 916,650 513.800 1,784.06 466.112 1,966.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,039,995 397.487 2,616.42 360.595 2,884.11 Austria 340,330 70.046 4,858.64 63.545 5,355.73 Czech Republic 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 Switzerland 46,139 24.313 1,897.66 22.057 2,091.81 Russia 5,121 3.748 1,365.98 3.401 1,505.73 Ukraine 1,811,803 1,901.581 952.79 1,725.086 1,050.27 Spain 2,199,303 1,978.114 1,111.82 1,794.516 1,225.57 Italy 282,020 308.878 913.04 280.210 1,006.46 Romania 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 Turkey 790,898 679.304 1,164.28 616.255 1,283.39 India 6,592 2.280 2,890.36 2.069 3,186.08 China 3,304,943 4,651.462 710.52 4,219.737 783.21 Korea, South 2,626,928 2,499.006 1,051.19 2,267.061 1,158.74 Taiwan 672,816 155.848 4,317.13 141.383 4,758.82 Japan 6,663,851 7,770.046 857.63 7,048.870 945.38 South Africa 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,075,382 51,910.862 829.80 47,092.756 914.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 218,641 348.206 627.91 315.888 692.15 Mexico 605,454 1,066.891 567.49 967.868 625.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 Malaysia 121,801 281.078 433.33 254.990 477.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 974,300 1,726.414 564.35 1,566.177 622.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,359,910 2,946.137 1,819.30 2,672.692 2,005.43 Brazil 137,347 40.904 3,357.74 37.108 3,701.28 Sweden 150,209 87.093 1,724.68 79.010 1,901.14 United Kingdom 1,775,658 642.347 2,764.33 582.728 3,047.15 France 4,076,385 2,554.546 1,595.74 2,317.446 1,759.00 Federal Republic of Germany 519,628 216.955 2,395.09 196.819 2,640.13 Russia 450,064 585.276 768.98 530.954 847.65 Ukraine 604,645 732.750 825.17 664.740 909.60 Spain 901,665 751.606 1,199.65 681.846 1,322.39 Slovenia 52,669 5.506 9,565.67 4.995 10,544.34 Romania 12,534 5.854 2,140.96 5.311 2,360.01 China 1,162,149 915.689 1,269.15 830.700 1,399.00 Korea, South 93,459 66.082 1,414.28 59.949 1,558.98 Taiwan 33,042 15.771 2,095.00 14.308 2,309.34 Japan 739,858 745.962 991.82 676.726 1,093.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,069,222 10,312.485 1,558.23 9,355.332 1,717.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 740,700 484.902 1,527.52 439.896 1,683.81 Mexico 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 Brazil 1,748,967 620.496 2,818.66 562.905 3,107.04 Sweden 1,838,233 598.624 3,070.76 543.063 3,384.94 United Kingdom 376,078 55.890 6,728.84 50.703 7,417.27 Netherlands 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 France 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,699,601 2,599.556 1,807.85 2,358.279 1,992.81 Austria 2,684,735 600.791 4,468.66 545.029 4,925.86 Czech Republic 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 Switzerland 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 Poland 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 Russia 1,085,704 312.371 3,475.68 283.379 3,831.28 Ukraine 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 Spain 86,485 84.004 1,029.52 76.208 1,134.85 Slovenia 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 India 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 China 3,619,282 802.482 4,510.11 728.000 4,971.54 Korea, South 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 Taiwan 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 Japan 4,807,759 3,893.520 1,234.81 3,532.143 1,361.15 Australia 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 South Africa 29,411 3.354 8,768.06 3.043 9,665.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 26,135,256 11,855.654 2,204.45 10,755.272 2,429.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 297,710 49.353 6,032.16 44.773 6,649.32 Mexico 2,152 0.029 72,306.00 0.027 79,703.70 Sweden 9,525 0.115 82,294.64 0.105 90,714.29 United Kingdom 2,774 0.967 2,866.21 0.878 3,159.45 Ireland 5,001 0.480 10,405.58 0.436 11,470.18 France 6,351 1.607 3,951.67 1.458 4,355.97 Federal Republic of Germany 695,285 406.322 1,711.16 368.610 1,886.23 Austria 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 Spain 84,312 47.865 1,761.43 43.423 1,941.64 Italy 337,091 156.294 2,156.77 141.788 2,377.43 Romania 7,965 5.845 1,362.57 5.303 1,501.98 India 26,608 7.860 3,384.99 7.131 3,731.31 China 117,874 95.131 1,239.06 86.302 1,365.83 Japan 307,477 133.306 2,306.54 120.934 2,542.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,908,206 908.842 2,099.60 824.488 2,314.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,428,794 4,069.995 1,579.56 3,692.239 1,741.16 Mexico 17,400 38.360 453.59 34.800 500.00 Colombia 3,083,210 2,323.076 1,327.21 2,107.460 1,463.00 Brazil 1,806,263 1,250.626 1,444.29 1,134.550 1,592.05 United Kingdom 662,282 47.388 13,975.63 42.990 15,405.49 France 11,760 30.864 381.02 28.000 420.00 Federal Republic of Germany 12,287,999 6,664.602 1,843.77 6,046.027 2,032.41 Austria 6,170,492 5,920.548 1,042.22 5,371.033 1,148.85 Russia 5,604,942 4,163.074 1,346.35 3,776.679 1,484.09 Spain 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 India 6,417,569 5,321.948 1,205.87 4,827.992 1,329.24 China 24,213,864 16,100.240 1,503.94 14,605.897 1,657.81 Japan 36,808,038 7,908.196 4,654.42 7,174.197 5,130.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,758,349 55,676.215 1,899.52 50,508.627 2,093.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 34,503,996 29,878.615 1,154.81 27,105.432 1,272.96 Italy 3,768 1.661 2,268.26 1.507 2,500.33 Japan 97,471 102.862 947.59 93.315 1,044.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,605,235 29,983.139 1,154.16 27,200.254 1,272.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 9,700 1.250 7,759.87 1.134 8,553.79 Mexico 138,667 144.586 959.06 131.167 1,057.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 Federal Republic of Germany 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 Spain 84,964 4.499 18,882.43 4.082 20,814.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 358,568 161.260 2,223.53 146.293 2,451.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 Federal Republic of Germany 49,171 2.601 18,901.35 2.360 20,835.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,831 4.101 15,074.48 3.721 16,616.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,102,288 1,186.777 1,771.43 1,076.627 1,952.66 Mexico 1,017,694 542.556 1,875.74 492.199 2,067.65 Argentina 712,798 241.410 2,952.64 219.004 3,254.73 Sweden 785,310 539.215 1,456.39 489.168 1,605.40 United Kingdom 209,734 141.230 1,485.05 128.122 1,636.99 France 182,542 91.154 2,002.56 82.694 2,207.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,449,000 1,365.879 1,792.98 1,239.105 1,976.43 Czech Republic 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 Switzerland 245,560 119.922 2,047.65 108.792 2,257.15 Spain 618,934 248.130 2,494.39 225.100 2,749.60 Italy 815,169 277.921 2,933.09 252.126 3,233.18 Romania 1,335,417 972.910 1,372.60 882.610 1,513.03 Saudi Arabia 19,491 15.803 1,233.31 14.337 1,359.49 India 62,797 42.216 1,487.51 38.298 1,639.69 China 831,795 774.235 1,074.34 702.375 1,184.26 Korea, South 209,557 209.034 1,002.50 189.633 1,105.07 Taiwan 26,225 6.924 3,787.16 6.282 4,174.63 Japan 6,540,159 2,691.239 2,430.17 2,441.452 2,678.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,445,462 9,524.556 1,936.62 8,640.535 2,134.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 244,463 161.850 1,510.43 146.828 1,664.96 France 1,913,700 763.460 2,506.61 692.600 2,763.07 Federal Republic of Germany 2,307,160 743.105 3,104.76 674.134 3,422.41 Turkey 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 China 251,153 111.504 2,252.41 101.155 2,482.85 Japan 754,899 314.339 2,401.54 285.164 2,647.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,477,027 2,098.513 2,609.96 1,903.740 2,876.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,908,368 460.875 4,140.75 418.099 4,564.39 Mexico 8,505 12.154 699.76 11.026 771.36 United Kingdom 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 Federal Republic of Germany 4,291 1.688 2,540.95 1.532 2,800.91 Italy 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 China 3,822 0.208 18,345.30 0.189 20,222.22 Taiwan 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 Japan 2,369 0.932 2,540.33 0.846 2,800.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,017,114 508.823 3,964.27 461.597 4,369.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 405,716 284.480 1,426.17 258.076 1,572.08 Mexico 53,128 76.586 693.70 69.478 764.67 Finland 309,279 82.708 3,739.38 75.032 4,121.96 Federal Republic of Germany 8,053 1.805 4,460.05 1.638 4,916.36 Ukraine 2,451,864 3,560.365 688.66 3,229.910 759.11 Italy 178,574 103.381 1,727.33 93.786 1,904.06 China 645,291 479.809 1,344.89 435.276 1,482.49 Korea, South 201,403 440.433 457.28 399.555 504.07 Taiwan 1,985,613 560.001 3,545.73 508.025 3,908.49 Japan 512,454 278.928 1,837.22 253.040 2,025.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,751,375 5,868.500 1,150.44 5,323.816 1,268.15 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 318,330 349.249 911.47 316.834 1,004.72 Mexico 4,920 2.976 1,653.09 2.700 1,822.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 323,250 352.225 917.74 319.534 1,011.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 254,808 206.510 1,233.88 187.343 1,360.11 Mexico 1,274,418 984.272 1,294.78 892.917 1,427.25 Venezuela 15,720 18.959 829.12 17.200 913.95 Brazil 58,983 97.971 602.04 88.878 663.64 United Kingdom 293,403 21.698 13,521.50 19.685 14,904.90 Netherlands 15,295 0.854 17,903.73 0.775 19,735.48 France 3,410 0.273 12,473.79 0.248 13,750.00 Federal Republic of Germany 372,158 98.912 3,762.49 89.732 4,147.44 Austria 173,284 44.959 3,854.19 40.787 4,248.51 Czech Republic 20,169 34.180 590.07 31.008 650.45 Poland 144,497 120.617 1,197.98 109.422 1,320.55 Spain 2,708 0.445 6,080.83 0.404 6,702.97 Italy 649,484 428.158 1,516.92 388.419 1,672.12 Turkey 48,000 46.659 1,028.72 42.329 1,133.97 China 1,627,049 1,573.354 1,034.13 1,427.324 1,139.93 Korea, South 2,507,528 2,040.497 1,228.88 1,851.109 1,354.61 Taiwan 279,828 308.810 906.15 280.148 998.86 Japan 2,550,485 1,697.032 1,502.91 1,539.522 1,656.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 10,291,227 7,724.168 1,332.34 7,007.250 1,468.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,739,788 4,379.534 625.59 3,973.048 689.59 Sweden 4,284,610 5,845.048 733.03 5,302.540 808.03 Netherlands 1,647,474 3,060.413 538.32 2,776.361 593.39 Belgium 4,190 1.190 3,519.54 1.080 3,879.63 France 1,824,569 2,424.966 752.41 2,199.893 829.39 Austria 297,369 377.409 787.92 342.380 868.53 Japan 2,505,189 3,634.106 689.35 3,296.807 759.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,303,189 19,722.668 674.51 17,892.109 743.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,485,878 3,162.189 786.13 2,868.691 866.55 Dominican Republic 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 Brazil 324,281 525.790 616.75 476.989 679.85 Sweden 1,019,772 1,330.125 766.67 1,206.670 845.11 United Kingdom 372,653 349.713 1,065.59 317.255 1,174.62 Netherlands 2,042,264 3,101.909 658.39 2,814.006 725.75 Belgium 1,775,816 1,720.773 1,031.99 1,561.060 1,137.57 Luxembourg 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 France 379,409 427.539 887.43 387.857 978.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,699,014 2,142.561 792.98 1,943.700 874.11 Austria 1,660,536 417.345 3,978.80 378.610 4,385.87 Korea, South 5,414,537 8,291.980 652.98 7,522.360 719.79 Taiwan 2,400 2.216 1,082.67 2.011 1,193.44 Japan 5,133,010 7,059.601 727.10 6,404.365 801.49 Australia 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,347,443 28,579.777 781.93 25,927.145 861.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,160,213 6,726.783 767.11 6,102.437 845.60 Brazil 1,176,892 1,510.062 779.37 1,369.906 859.10 Netherlands 59,885 93.209 642.48 84.558 708.21 Belgium 249,446 246.157 1,013.36 223.310 1,117.04 France 293,069 369.252 793.68 334.980 874.89 Federal Republic of Germany 4,552,198 8,117.230 560.81 7,363.830 618.18 Spain 1,546,012 2,110.878 732.40 1,914.957 807.34 India 1,313,786 1,950.721 673.49 1,769.665 742.39 China 401,412 643.475 623.82 583.751 687.64 Korea, South 134,985 201.800 668.90 183.070 737.34 Japan 5,580,585 7,390.902 755.06 6,704.916 832.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,468,483 29,360.472 697.14 26,635.380 768.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,338,022 1,016.185 1,316.71 921.868 1,451.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,584,691 5,571.454 643.40 5,054.340 709.23 Japan 1,498,860 2,151.118 696.78 1,951.462 768.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,421,573 8,738.757 734.84 7,927.670 810.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 Sweden 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 United Kingdom 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 France 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 Austria 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 Czech Republic 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 Russia 4,311,739 1,424.394 3,027.07 1,292.189 3,336.77 Korea, South 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 Japan 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,781,505 6,335.610 1,859.57 5,747.571 2,049.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 465,487 683.749 680.79 620.287 750.44 Japan 39,058 24.052 1,623.87 21.820 1,790.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 504,545 707.801 712.83 642.107 785.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 557,824 300.797 1,854.48 272.879 2,044.22 Brazil 18,837 4.189 4,495.83 3.801 4,955.80 Sweden 257,388 73.717 3,491.57 66.875 3,848.79 United Kingdom 68,477 26.748 2,560.01 24.266 2,821.93 France 761,483 48.110 15,827.84 43.645 17,447.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,173,810 1,389.585 1,564.36 1,260.611 1,724.41 Austria 363,508 56.928 6,385.30 51.645 7,038.59 Switzerland 11,407 5.079 2,245.72 4.608 2,475.48 China 68,022 73.937 919.99 67.075 1,014.12 Korea, South 77,635 39.502 1,965.32 35.836 2,166.40 Japan 86,133 17.460 4,932.99 15.840 5,437.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,444,524 2,036.057 2,182.91 1,847.081 2,406.24 GRAND TOTAL 449,994,663 398,802.182 1,128.37 361,787.356 1,243.81 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Taiwan 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 22,152,464 48,704.349 454.84 44,183.855 501.37 Mexico 48,151,882 92,054.004 523.08 83,510.012 576.60 Brazil 95,642,665 204,845.406 466.90 185,832.679 514.67 Norway 2,316,276 5,673.904 408.23 5,147.281 450.00 United Kingdom 613,816 920.938 666.51 835.462 734.70 Belgium 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,433,941 10,723.416 413.48 9,728.123 455.79 Russia 57,775,309 121,049.648 477.29 109,814.425 526.12 Ukraine 10,372,004 21,622.418 479.69 19,615.534 528.76 Italy 26,118,351 63,567.076 410.88 57,667.098 452.92 China 15,209,613 33,946.659 448.04 30,795.900 493.88 Taiwan 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 Japan 19,589,786 40,027.884 489.40 36,312.696 539.47 Australia 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 340,078,368 724,364.209 469.49 657,132.342 517.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,695,831 25,322.233 580.35 22,971.950 639.73 Mexico 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 Trinidad and Tobago 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 Brazil 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 Argentina 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 Finland 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 United Kingdom 262,223 391.512 669.77 355.174 738.29 Netherlands 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 Spain 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 Italy 525,176 1,115.428 470.83 1,011.900 519.00 Turkey 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 India 3,377,653 9,178.414 368.00 8,326.520 405.65 Singapore 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 China 56,893,231 141,926.156 400.87 128,753.280 441.88 Korea, South 631,896 1,105.663 571.51 1,003.041 629.98 Taiwan 17,217 17.624 976.86 15.989 1,076.80 Japan 9,001,057 13,116.739 686.23 11,899.309 756.44 Egypt 5,024,958 10,860.915 462.66 9,852.860 510.00 South Africa 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 117,645,767 260,249.155 452.05 236,094.129 498.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,455,529 9,770.261 763.08 8,863.435 841.16 Mexico 2,281,678 3,804.769 599.69 3,451.630 661.04 Brazil 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 Norway 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 United Kingdom 779,791 799.232 975.67 725.052 1,075.50 Netherlands 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 Luxembourg 4,053,984 5,130.373 790.19 4,654.198 871.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 Poland 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 Russia 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 Spain 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 Turkey 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 Malaysia 939,889 2,124.749 442.35 1,927.541 487.61 China 4,175,648 8,061.695 517.96 7,313.449 570.95 Korea, South 5,455,047 9,253.404 589.52 8,394.550 649.83 Taiwan 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 Japan 3,506,627 6,150.435 570.14 5,579.583 628.47 South Africa 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,207,767 82,906.945 593.53 75,211.937 654.25 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,190,829 1,220.012 976.08 1,106.777 1,075.94 Luxembourg 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 Federal Republic of Germany 355,088 166.767 2,129.24 151.289 2,347.08 China 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,852,505 2,727.092 1,045.99 2,473.977 1,153.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,231,716 16,463.973 682.20 14,935.870 752.00 Norway 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 United Kingdom 119,186 22.332 5,336.81 20.260 5,882.82 Belgium 184,079 219.481 838.70 199.110 924.51 France 20,686 15.203 1,360.65 13.792 1,499.85 Federal Republic of Germany 434,173 436.429 994.83 395.922 1,096.61 Austria 380,165 493.992 769.58 448.143 848.31 Ukraine 1,046,655 1,546.811 676.65 1,403.244 745.88 Turkey 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 Thailand 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 Malaysia 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 China 3,797 12.683 299.37 11.506 330.00 Korea, South 11,634,920 19,467.113 597.67 17,660.273 658.82 Japan 821,491 952.603 862.36 864.188 950.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 South Africa 2,718,426 3,988.639 681.54 3,618.434 751.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,987,818 97,126.390 555.85 88,111.604 612.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 20,138,646 32,538.691 618.91 29,518.613 682.24 Mexico 6,639,120 10,605.114 626.03 9,620.801 690.08 United Kingdom 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 Netherlands 3,985,243 7,561.393 527.05 6,859.583 580.97 Belgium 326,676 589.956 553.73 535.200 610.38 France 866,539 1,579.504 548.61 1,432.903 604.74 Federal Republic of Germany 5,734,451 10,161.521 564.33 9,218.380 622.07 Russia 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 Italy 1,953,874 4,733.552 412.77 4,294.208 455.00 India 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 Malaysia 8,972,841 21,689.870 413.69 19,676.725 456.01 China 4,595 1.728 2,658.49 1.568 2,930.48 Korea, South 312,800 578.558 540.65 524.860 595.97 Japan 229,143 229.127 1,000.07 207.861 1,102.39 New Zealand 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,716,077 111,087.009 546.56 100,776.468 602.48 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 Luxembourg 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 Austria 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 Poland 113,526 163.891 692.69 148.680 763.56 Spain 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 Japan 15,882,742 26,259.361 604.84 23,822.099 666.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,205,505 27,560.038 624.29 25,002.053 688.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 Austria 272,209 327.011 832.41 296.660 917.58 China 425,848 606.684 701.93 550.375 773.74 Korea, South 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 Japan 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,161,922 1,524.364 762.23 1,382.881 840.22 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 339,357 615.835 551.05 558.677 607.43 China 79,560 107.264 741.72 97.309 817.60 Australia 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 778,548 1,281.649 607.46 1,162.693 669.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,548,545 25,490.332 609.98 23,124.447 672.39 Mexico 1,277,211 2,086.554 612.11 1,892.891 674.74 Dominican Republic 53,250 99.207 536.75 90.000 591.67 Brazil 529,669 1,223.525 432.90 1,109.964 477.19 Argentina 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 Sweden 35,680 20.083 1,776.63 18.219 1,958.40 United Kingdom 2,448,920 2,989.638 819.14 2,712.155 902.94 France 3,262 1.726 1,889.68 1.566 2,083.01 Federal Republic of Germany 479,280 741.113 646.70 672.327 712.87 Russia 2,116 1.958 1,080.25 1.777 1,190.77 Ukraine 6,249 4.660 1,340.82 4.228 1,478.00 Spain 835,780 1,304.011 640.93 1,182.980 706.50 Turkey 4,520,654 8,699.472 519.65 7,892.031 572.81 India 405,676 513.081 790.67 465.460 871.56 Malaysia 268,143 628.887 426.38 570.517 470.00 China 1,992,072 2,772.260 718.57 2,514.953 792.09 Korea, South 1,108,569 1,767.339 627.25 1,603.304 691.43 Taiwan 24,413 7.234 3,374.54 6.563 3,719.79 Japan 2,273,891 3,015.149 754.16 2,735.298 831.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,553,875 52,651.074 618.29 47,764.265 681.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,992,130 7,485.913 666.87 6,791.108 735.10 Mexico 3,241,215 5,384.736 601.93 4,884.952 663.51 Brazil 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 Turkey 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 Malaysia 1,977,231 4,529.654 436.51 4,109.235 481.17 China 321,412 643.535 499.45 583.806 550.55 Korea, South 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 Japan 1,348,441 164.306 8,206.88 149.056 9,046.54 Australia 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,706,941 24,357.943 603.78 22,097.161 665.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,194,243 10,136.612 512.42 9,195.783 564.85 Mexico 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 Dominican Republic 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 Brazil 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 United Kingdom 60,038 21.164 2,836.75 19.200 3,126.98 Luxembourg 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 Federal Republic of Germany 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 Turkey 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 India 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 China 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 Hong Kong 9,987,158 25,889.660 385.76 23,486.712 425.23 Taiwan 30,686,257 66,554.492 461.07 60,377.237 508.24 Japan 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 Egypt 13,902,884 27,712.953 501.67 25,140.776 553.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,053,668 370,042.172 446.04 335,696.707 491.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,211,855 4,021.013 1,047.46 3,647.803 1,154.63 Mexico 74,404 110.500 673.34 100.244 742.23 Brazil 33,821 35.717 946.91 32.402 1,043.79 Argentina 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 Sweden 74,705 55.032 1,357.46 49.925 1,496.34 United Kingdom 1,348,842 1,138.886 1,184.35 1,033.181 1,305.52 France 281,407 250.069 1,125.32 226.859 1,240.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,078,645 3,838.138 1,062.66 3,481.902 1,171.38 Austria 124,387 67.937 1,830.90 61.632 2,018.22 Switzerland 13,835 4.701 2,942.77 4.265 3,243.85 Russia 1,202,566 97.164 12,376.62 88.146 13,642.89 Ukraine 716,019 1,215.529 589.06 1,102.710 649.33 Spain 544,700 643.510 846.45 583.783 933.05 Italy 350,469 330.457 1,060.56 299.786 1,169.06 Romania 70,157 33.760 2,078.08 30.627 2,290.69 China 913,418 1,168.565 781.66 1,060.105 861.63 Korea, South 49,377 63.018 783.54 57.169 863.70 Japan 245,360 180.855 1,356.67 164.069 1,495.47 South Africa 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,482,333 13,474.098 1,074.83 12,223.500 1,184.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,279,459 31,347.777 870.22 28,438.233 959.25 Mexico 4,259,302 4,663.494 913.33 4,230.652 1,006.77 Guatemala 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Dominican Republic 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 Colombia 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 Venezuela 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 Chile 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 Brazil 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 Argentina 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 Sweden 17,244 7.799 2,210.78 7.076 2,436.97 United Kingdom 19,863 41.311 480.81 37.477 530.01 France 33,106 24.904 1,329.32 22.593 1,465.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,264,790 744.439 1,698.98 675.344 1,872.81 Czech Republic 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 Poland 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 Spain 920,605 646.938 1,423.02 586.893 1,568.61 Italy 228,061 130.749 1,744.26 118.614 1,922.72 Romania 824,838 1,157.358 712.69 1,049.938 785.61 United Arab Emirates 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 Oman 937,479 1,484.558 631.49 1,346.769 696.09 India 1,304,563 2,160.980 603.69 1,960.409 665.45 Thailand 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 Vietnam 1,088,587 2,258.796 481.93 2,049.146 531.24 Indonesia 927,805 2,044.761 453.75 1,854.977 500.17 China 42,937,751 79,998.885 536.73 72,573.789 591.64 Korea, South 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 Taiwan 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 Japan 2,696,876 3,022.728 892.20 2,742.174 983.48 Australia 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 Algeria 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 South Africa 614,048 1,078.106 569.56 978.042 627.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,398,057 147,588.593 653.15 133,890.158 719.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,139,619 4,001.032 1,034.64 3,629.677 1,140.49 Mexico 25,000 39.683 629.99 36.000 694.44 Colombia 3,992,363 3,280.548 1,216.98 2,976.064 1,341.49 Venezuela 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 Brazil 1,915,059 1,155.706 1,657.05 1,048.440 1,826.58 Netherlands 56,826 9.369 6,064.91 8.500 6,685.41 France 21,729 53.225 408.25 48.285 450.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,574,479 2,227.762 1,155.63 2,020.993 1,273.87 Austria 12,640,011 7,474.269 1,691.14 6,780.545 1,864.16 Russia 1,282,070 1,821.513 703.85 1,652.450 775.86 Ukraine 5,150,630 3,690.605 1,395.61 3,348.062 1,538.39 Romania 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 India 23,671 18.463 1,282.03 16.750 1,413.19 China 42,860,845 45,929.840 933.18 41,666.862 1,028.66 Korea, South 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 Taiwan 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 Japan 1,356,197 283.141 4,789.82 256.862 5,279.87 South Africa 1,361,200 1,336.081 1,018.80 1,212.073 1,123.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,147,600 90,463.591 1,029.67 82,067.213 1,135.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 353,276 157.282 2,246.13 142.684 2,475.93 Mexico 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 Brazil 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 Federal Republic of Germany 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 Czech Republic 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 Italy 14,396,750 16,243.877 886.29 14,736.202 976.96 Greece 1,418,554 1,744.737 813.05 1,582.800 896.23 Romania 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 India 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 China 7,512,476 10,609.233 708.11 9,624.537 780.55 Korea, South 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 Taiwan 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 Japan 9,072,815 10,189.952 890.37 9,244.172 981.46 South Africa 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,015,736 60,121.672 748.74 54,541.479 825.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 79,525 70.324 1,130.84 63.797 1,246.53 Mexico 3,085,747 3,317.996 930.00 3,010.037 1,025.15 Venezuela 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 Brazil 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 Argentina 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 United Kingdom 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 France 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 Austria 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 Slovakia 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 Russia 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 Ukraine 1,088,321 1,101.214 988.29 999.005 1,089.40 Spain 568,471 459.134 1,238.14 416.520 1,364.81 Romania 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 China 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 Korea, South 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 Taiwan 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 Japan 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 South Africa 366,705 439.899 833.61 399.070 918.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,363,595 39,663.534 992.44 35,982.163 1,093.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 Venezuela 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 Greece 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 China 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 Korea, South 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 Taiwan 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 South Africa 2,374,858 4,192.437 566.46 3,803.316 624.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,453,877 35,087.349 611.44 31,830.717 674.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,821,591 7,234.372 1,219.40 6,562.914 1,344.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 11,196,006 13,432.369 833.51 12,185.644 918.79 Costa Rica 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 Dominican Republic 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 Colombia 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 Brazil 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 Argentina 82,749 55.703 1,485.54 50.533 1,637.52 Sweden 109,163 47.937 2,277.20 43.488 2,510.19 Denmark 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 United Kingdom 3,058 0.033 92,472.39 0.030 101,933.33 Netherlands 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 Belgium 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 France 807,904 533.946 1,513.08 484.388 1,667.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,235,217 1,195.595 1,869.54 1,084.626 2,060.82 Austria 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 Slovakia 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 Switzerland 1,294,960 464.078 2,790.39 421.005 3,075.88 Poland 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 Russia 856,689 1,064.998 804.40 966.151 886.70 Belarus 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 Ukraine 23,720 22.519 1,053.33 20.429 1,161.09 Spain 926,330 549.847 1,684.70 498.813 1,857.07 Italy 742,780 660.961 1,123.79 599.614 1,238.76 Romania 982,113 973.820 1,008.52 883.435 1,111.70 Turkey 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 United Arab Emirates 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 India 1,091,421 804.614 1,356.45 729.934 1,495.23 Thailand 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 Vietnam 12,300 6.547 1,878.51 5.940 2,070.71 China 15,446,446 21,706.105 711.62 19,691.453 784.42 Korea, South 1,934,937 2,611.447 740.94 2,369.066 816.75 Hong Kong 47,607 41.887 1,136.54 38.000 1,252.82 Taiwan 76,917 52.330 1,469.84 47.473 1,620.23 Japan 2,407,471 1,459.923 1,649.04 1,324.421 1,817.75 Australia 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 South Africa 799,375 1,275.467 626.73 1,157.085 690.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,306,673 61,729.901 895.95 56,000.440 987.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 78,094 50.811 1,536.95 46.095 1,694.20 Mexico 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 Brazil 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 Argentina 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 Netherlands 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 France 262,567 218.786 1,200.11 198.480 1,322.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,766,546 1,244.261 2,223.44 1,128.775 2,450.93 Czech Republic 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 Slovakia 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 Ukraine 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 Italy 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 Romania 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 India 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 China 2,119,153 2,526.664 838.72 2,292.152 924.53 Korea, South 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 Japan 168,000 126.795 1,324.97 115.027 1,460.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,926,990 6,885.533 1,732.18 6,246.453 1,909.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,258,113 591.006 2,128.76 536.152 2,346.56 Mexico 398,127 151.622 2,625.77 137.550 2,894.42 Ecuador 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,125 0.397 5,340.08 0.361 5,886.43 India 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 Vietnam 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 China 177,043 74.741 2,368.75 67.804 2,611.10 Japan 387,293 90.138 4,296.66 81.772 4,736.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,333,244 981.516 2,377.18 890.417 2,620.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,011,904 22,437.188 891.91 20,354.681 983.16 Mexico 7,745,866 6,417.756 1,206.94 5,822.092 1,330.43 Finland 2,123 1.000 2,121.09 0.908 2,338.11 Belgium 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 France 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 Federal Republic of Germany 23,451 9.371 2,502.28 8.502 2,758.29 Austria 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 Switzerland 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 Italy 127,816 30.697 4,163.77 27.848 4,589.77 Turkey 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 China 8,179,886 15,616.542 523.80 14,167.093 577.39 Korea, South 3,191,712 6,781.749 470.63 6,152.301 518.78 Taiwan 187,915 57.841 3,248.79 52.473 3,581.18 Japan 2,091,326 3,061.553 683.09 2,777.395 752.98 Australia 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 South Africa 41,625 114.339 364.05 103.727 401.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,862,688 68,177.380 716.70 61,849.497 790.03 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 108,542 139.121 780.20 126.209 860.02 Mexico 350,408 276.131 1,268.99 250.502 1,398.82 China 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 Korea, South 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 14,966 22.599 662.22 20.502 729.98 Japan 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 Algeria 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,843,343 2,460.226 749.26 2,231.881 825.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,297,484 18,234.075 893.79 16,541.680 985.24 Mexico 6,698,012 7,486.508 894.68 6,791.648 986.21 Dominican Republic 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 Colombia 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 Venezuela 580,545 712.732 814.53 646.580 897.87 Ecuador 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 Chile 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 Brazil 648,203 910.830 711.66 826.292 784.47 Argentina 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 Sweden 246,719 109.127 2,260.83 98.999 2,492.14 Finland 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 United Kingdom 348,187 274.828 1,266.93 249.320 1,396.55 Netherlands 74,982 75.334 995.33 68.342 1,097.16 Belgium 528,422 411.160 1,285.20 372.999 1,416.68 France 591,923 360.000 1,644.23 326.587 1,812.45 Federal Republic of Germany 804,020 636.141 1,263.90 577.098 1,393.21 Austria 871,944 78.837 11,060.05 71.520 12,191.61 Czech Republic 303,677 228.350 1,329.87 207.156 1,465.93 Switzerland 2,013 0.037 53,710.69 0.034 59,205.88 Poland 1,055,554 1,017.860 1,037.03 923.388 1,143.13 Russia 83,396 115.526 721.88 104.804 795.73 Belarus 371,697 402.276 923.98 364.939 1,018.52 Ukraine 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 Moldova 770,395 905.082 851.19 821.077 938.27 Spain 348,468 352.645 988.15 319.915 1,089.25 Italy 494,160 357.660 1,381.65 324.464 1,523.00 Greece 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 Turkey 180,000 309.038 582.45 280.355 642.04 Israel 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 India 320,414 486.768 658.25 441.589 725.59 Thailand 294,774 452.224 651.83 410.251 718.52 Malaysia 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 Indonesia 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 China 9,632,405 14,058.052 685.19 12,753.254 755.29 Korea, South 1,876,362 1,952.851 960.83 1,771.598 1,059.14 Hong Kong 96,572 20.755 4,652.86 18.829 5,128.90 Taiwan 1,089,200 1,377.120 790.93 1,249.303 871.85 Japan 2,670,545 2,568.182 1,039.86 2,329.817 1,146.25 Australia 67,571 86.082 784.95 78.093 865.26 South Africa 1,204,502 1,765.179 682.37 1,601.344 752.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 50,298,381 57,803.805 870.16 52,438.745 959.18 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 Mexico 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 Brazil 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 Belgium 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 Taiwan 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 Japan 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,364,368 9,092.961 589.95 8,248.998 650.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,696,388 14,940.158 715.95 13,553.488 789.20 Brazil 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 Norway 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 Netherlands 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 Belgium 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 France 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 Spain 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 China 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 Korea, South 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 Taiwan 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,267,966 40,976.725 689.85 37,173.471 760.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,238,832 2,678.971 835.71 2,430.323 921.21 Brazil 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 United Kingdom 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 Netherlands 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 France 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 Federal Republic of Germany 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 Taiwan 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 Japan 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,649,441 6,230.219 746.27 5,651.962 822.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 36,900,998 58,898.607 626.52 53,431.933 690.62 Mexico 15,075,840 24,605.906 612.69 22,322.109 675.38 Sweden 41,793 47.949 871.61 43.499 960.78 Netherlands 10,899,216 20,857.611 522.55 18,921.712 576.02 Belgium 2,870,522 5,028.041 570.90 4,561.364 629.31 France 10,920,226 19,960.686 547.09 18,108.035 603.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,083,623 1,895.197 571.77 1,719.295 630.27 Austria 213,256 347.426 613.82 315.180 676.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 Spain 2,242,174 3,614.188 620.38 3,278.738 683.85 Italy 777,949 1,928.182 403.46 1,749.218 444.74 Turkey 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 India 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 Malaysia 30,012,440 62,533.222 479.94 56,729.201 529.05 Korea, South 45,392,369 96,802.505 468.92 87,817.781 516.89 Taiwan 3,049,843 4,923.163 619.49 4,466.220 682.87 Japan 234,852 369.197 636.12 334.930 701.20 Australia 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 New Zealand 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 Egypt 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 199,956,150 377,568.087 529.59 342,524.104 583.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 20,042,680 27,605.660 726.04 25,043.441 800.32 Mexico 6,885,776 10,516.092 654.78 9,540.041 721.78 Brazil 22,088,076 36,520.918 604.81 33,131.229 666.68 Argentina 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 Sweden 10,699 16.506 648.19 14.974 714.51 United Kingdom 72,286 43.366 1,666.88 39.341 1,837.42 Netherlands 6,018,295 9,560.819 629.47 8,673.432 693.88 Belgium 5,982,552 9,817.898 609.35 8,906.650 671.69 France 25,832 27.326 945.32 24.790 1,042.03 Federal Republic of Germany 339,738 456.781 743.77 414.385 819.86 Austria 173,416 271.851 637.91 246.620 703.17 Russia 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 Italy 903,704 1,973.489 457.92 1,790.320 504.77 Turkey 9,428,780 16,276.503 579.29 14,765.800 638.56 India 9,658,434 16,740.151 576.96 15,186.414 635.99 China 21,827,538 38,162.570 571.96 34,620.511 630.48 Korea, South 3,837,638 6,307.194 608.45 5,721.792 670.71 Taiwan 20,453,665 41,795.958 489.37 37,916.666 539.44 Japan 2,616,881 4,203.520 622.55 3,813.371 686.24 New Zealand 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 South Africa 1,043,112 2,171.917 480.27 1,970.331 529.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,837,410 233,074.033 591.39 211,441.266 651.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,679,752 34,550.400 743.25 31,343.605 819.30 Mexico 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 Costa Rica 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 Colombia 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 Venezuela 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 Brazil 12,251,150 17,775.890 689.20 16,126.021 759.71 Argentina 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 Netherlands 571,711 874.849 653.50 793.650 720.36 Belgium 128,652 162.319 792.58 147.254 873.67 France 4,988 6.084 819.75 5.520 903.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,576,185 2,862.249 550.68 2,596.590 607.02 Austria 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 Kazakhstan 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Spain 94,299 122.133 772.10 110.798 851.09 Turkey 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 India 68,713,222 83,817.323 819.80 76,037.818 903.67 Pakistan 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Indonesia 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 China 53,665,713 75,463.372 711.15 68,459.239 783.91 Korea, South 16,537,679 21,323.936 775.55 19,344.755 854.89 Hong Kong 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 Taiwan 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 Japan 459,377 614.036 748.13 557.045 824.67 Australia 285,130 313.056 910.79 284.000 1,003.98 New Zealand 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 Morocco 2,942,055 3,263.909 901.39 2,960.970 993.61 South Africa 54,642 80.188 681.42 72.746 751.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 235,481,405 308,957.761 762.18 280,281.846 840.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 140,210 158.981 881.92 144.226 972.15 Mexico 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 Sweden 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 Belgium 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 Luxembourg 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,996,978 2,971.621 672.02 2,695.810 740.77 China 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 Korea, South 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 Taiwan 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 Japan 1,323,485 649.341 2,038.20 589.073 2,246.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,000,294 8,188.074 854.94 7,428.098 942.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,052,024 5,265.798 1,149.31 4,777.053 1,266.89 Mexico 8,696,770 9,600.805 905.84 8,709.707 998.51 Venezuela 48,080 57.808 831.71 52.443 916.80 Chile 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 Brazil 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 United Kingdom 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 Belgium 328,409 225.951 1,453.45 204.980 1,602.15 Luxembourg 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 France 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 871,764 423.324 2,059.33 384.034 2,270.02 Austria 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 Italy 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 India 1,144,808 1,416.397 808.25 1,284.935 890.95 China 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 Korea, South 20,957,016 26,887.687 779.43 24,392.107 859.17 Taiwan 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 Japan 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,069,685 76,302.515 839.68 69,220.497 925.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,185,895 3,547.752 616.14 3,218.468 679.17 Mexico 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 United Kingdom 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 Federal Republic of Germany 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 Turkey 72,030 148.784 484.12 134.975 533.65 Japan 2,456 3.009 816.13 2.730 899.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,200,923 4,787.666 668.58 4,343.299 736.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,572,052 2,794.449 920.41 2,535.083 1,014.58 Mexico 469,565 504.827 930.15 457.972 1,025.31 Chile 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 Brazil 101,097 81.692 1,237.53 74.110 1,364.15 Sweden 375,604 85.667 4,384.46 77.716 4,833.03 United Kingdom 910,428 430.714 2,113.76 390.738 2,330.02 Belgium 41,452 44.545 930.55 40.411 1,025.76 France 167,999 36.296 4,628.47 32.928 5,102.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,422,115 1,572.929 1,539.88 1,426.938 1,697.42 Austria 177,961 38.637 4,605.96 35.051 5,077.20 Switzerland 125,669 59.789 2,101.86 54.240 2,316.91 Russia 9,570 11.758 813.89 10.667 897.16 Italy 91,073 43.569 2,090.27 39.526 2,304.13 India 207,408 186.438 1,112.48 169.134 1,226.29 China 1,306,264 2,112.023 618.49 1,915.996 681.77 Korea, South 1,479,991 1,499.807 986.79 1,360.603 1,087.75 Taiwan 291,272 207.767 1,401.91 188.484 1,545.34 Japan 489,181 477.500 1,024.46 433.181 1,129.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,254,548 10,203.247 1,103.04 9,256.233 1,215.89 GRAND TOTAL 2,033,473,580 3,415,718.063 595.33 3,098,688.177 656.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 United Kingdom 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 Federal Republic of Germany 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 Italy 840,278 321.561 2,613.12 291.716 2,880.47 India 2,771 0.353 7,831.18 0.321 8,632.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,002,823 353.890 2,833.71 321.044 3,123.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 76,415 1.940 39,387.81 1.760 43,417.61 Brazil 38,736 4.157 9,316.20 3.772 10,269.35 Sweden 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 United Kingdom 18,586,102 6,000.023 3,097.67 5,443.131 3,414.60 Ireland 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 Netherlands 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 Federal Republic of Germany 460,203 122.548 3,755.28 111.174 4,139.48 Ukraine 303,291 111.631 2,716.91 101.270 2,994.88 Spain 582,521 210.177 2,771.57 190.670 3,055.13 Italy 756,497 346.762 2,181.60 314.578 2,404.80 Singapore 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 China 13,385 0.498 26,864.32 0.452 29,612.83 Japan 83,378 12.115 6,881.93 10.991 7,586.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,855,841 9,017.405 3,200.02 8,180.455 3,527.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 United Kingdom 1,535,630 419.909 3,657.05 380.936 4,031.20 France 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 Italy 184,749 63.112 2,927.28 57.255 3,226.77 India 31,405 17.952 1,749.36 16.286 1,928.34 China 770,875 445.939 1,728.65 404.550 1,905.51 Taiwan 2,211,213 671.074 3,295.03 608.789 3,632.15 Japan 79,928 11.728 6,814.80 10.640 7,512.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,885,568 1,873.795 3,140.99 1,699.879 3,462.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Switzerland 50,920 9.102 5,593.83 8.258 6,166.14 Italy 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 India 1,029,334 290.543 3,542.78 263.577 3,905.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,135,700 312.516 3,634.05 283.510 4,005.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 94,097 13.967 6,736.91 12.671 7,426.17 Sweden 807,242 185.650 4,348.19 168.419 4,793.06 Finland 715,044 234.803 3,045.29 213.010 3,356.86 United Kingdom 2,599 2.194 1,184.22 1.991 1,305.37 Belgium 5,651,452 1,121.513 5,039.13 1,017.420 5,554.69 France 1,012,232 192.116 5,268.85 174.285 5,807.91 Federal Republic of Germany 820,411 341.695 2,401.00 309.981 2,646.65 Austria 5,782 1.642 3,520.36 1.490 3,880.54 Italy 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 Slovenia 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 India 294,479 85.346 3,450.40 77.425 3,803.41 China 56,139 20.976 2,676.22 19.030 2,950.03 Korea, South 1,204,968 483.896 2,490.13 438.984 2,744.90 Taiwan 9,422,484 1,217.804 7,737.27 1,104.774 8,528.88 Japan 792,564 273.720 2,895.52 248.315 3,191.77 South Africa 1,740,930 504.874 3,448.24 458.015 3,801.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,157,156 4,919.651 4,707.07 4,463.034 5,188.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 30,473 3.218 9,467.35 2.920 10,435.96 Sweden 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 Finland 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 Belgium 1,916,134 630.369 3,039.70 571.862 3,350.69 Federal Republic of Germany 38,427 20.117 1,910.16 18.250 2,105.59 Spain 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 China 276,636 141.078 1,960.87 127.984 2,161.49 Korea, South 448,749 173.491 2,586.57 157.389 2,851.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,568,618 1,782.274 3,124.44 1,616.853 3,444.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,065 13.322 1,205.85 12.086 1,329.22 Trinidad and Tobago 41,497 41.948 989.24 38.055 1,090.45 Brazil 63,941 5.860 10,909.59 5.317 12,025.77 Sweden 2,366,614 739.292 3,201.19 670.675 3,528.70 United Kingdom 460,260 124.749 3,689.47 113.171 4,066.94 France 324,620 36.507 8,891.89 33.119 9,801.62 Federal Republic of Germany 614,401 122.334 5,022.30 110.980 5,536.14 Austria 1,369,558 544.128 2,516.98 493.625 2,774.49 Switzerland 521,637 93.560 5,575.38 84.877 6,145.80 Portugal 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy 684,863 113.400 6,039.34 102.875 6,657.23 India 357,873 90.119 3,971.10 81.755 4,377.38 China 139,685 38.214 3,655.25 34.668 4,029.22 Taiwan 1,322,012 369.384 3,578.96 335.100 3,945.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 38,340 18.867 2,032.10 17.116 2,240.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,884,938 2,528.026 3,514.57 2,293.388 3,874.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 India 3,285,984 1,089.303 3,016.59 988.200 3,325.22 China 56,510 21.115 2,676.19 19.156 2,949.99 Japan 3,458 0.058 59,189.54 0.053 65,245.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,490,098 1,148.194 3,039.64 1,041.625 3,350.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 238,850 28.936 8,254.21 26.251 9,098.70 Mexico 68,699 20.595 3,335.62 18.684 3,676.89 Sweden 1,095,009 263.601 4,154.04 239.135 4,579.04 Norway 4,437 0.390 11,370.56 0.354 12,533.90 United Kingdom 644,021 156.180 4,123.56 141.685 4,545.44 France 1,269,346 393.063 3,229.37 356.581 3,559.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,104,491 547.687 3,842.50 496.854 4,235.63 Austria 101,463 27.520 3,686.84 24.966 4,064.05 Czech Republic 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 Switzerland 513,236 87.025 5,897.55 78.948 6,500.94 Latvia 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 Ukraine 226,887 58.477 3,879.90 53.050 4,276.85 Spain 5,868 1.104 5,312.74 1.002 5,856.29 Italy 5,142,156 983.242 5,229.79 891.983 5,764.86 Slovenia 23,339 10.665 2,188.18 9.676 2,412.05 Saudi Arabia 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 United Arab Emirates 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 India 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 China 282,322 86.116 3,278.36 78.124 3,613.77 Korea, South 157,620 70.554 2,234.02 64.006 2,462.58 Taiwan 5,995,484 1,511.161 3,967.47 1,370.903 4,373.38 Japan 370,115 65.490 5,651.43 59.412 6,229.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,205,002 5,547.696 4,002.56 5,032.787 4,412.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,874,140 1,764.527 6,162.64 1,600.753 6,793.14 Mexico 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 Uruguay 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Sweden 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 Finland 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 Denmark 68,506 12.552 5,457.77 11.387 6,016.16 United Kingdom 875,416 144.435 6,060.93 131.030 6,681.03 Ireland 43,434 3.094 14,037.29 2.807 15,473.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 9,356 1.967 4,754.97 1.785 5,241.46 France 1,293,972 243.126 5,322.21 220.561 5,866.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,582,305 354.329 7,287.87 321.442 8,033.50 Austria 349,976 48.730 7,181.80 44.208 7,916.58 Czech Republic 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 Slovakia 211,457 36.154 5,848.67 32.799 6,447.06 Switzerland 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 Ukraine 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 Spain 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 Italy 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 India 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 Thailand 624,773 173.610 3,598.70 157.497 3,966.89 Malaysia 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 Singapore 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 China 14,275,973 3,608.008 3,956.75 3,273.131 4,361.56 Korea, South 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 Taiwan 9,960,730 2,082.729 4,782.54 1,889.421 5,271.84 Japan 4,529,034 945.386 4,790.67 857.640 5,280.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,333,051 11,949.505 4,881.63 10,840.412 5,381.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 781,322 149.904 5,212.14 135.991 5,745.39 Mexico 507,879 114.570 4,432.88 103.937 4,886.41 Sweden 1,184,366 125.447 9,441.14 113.804 10,407.07 United Kingdom 494,744 78.466 6,305.13 71.184 6,950.21 Netherlands 46,700 0.189 246,311.28 0.172 271,511.63 Belgium 26,206 2.118 12,369.25 1.922 13,634.76 France 331,816 33.441 9,922.16 30.338 10,937.31 Federal Republic of Germany 954,099 135.120 7,061.11 122.579 7,783.54 Czech Republic 17,865 3.984 4,483.23 3.615 4,941.91 Switzerland 414,118 60.337 6,863.39 54.737 7,565.60 Spain 58,089 4.828 12,031.39 4.380 13,262.33 Italy 154,646 79.313 1,949.81 71.952 2,149.29 India 3,087,589 913.713 3,379.17 828.907 3,724.89 Thailand 247,042 68.839 3,588.68 62.450 3,955.84 Vietnam 116,039 33.343 3,480.08 30.249 3,836.13 China 2,373,390 676.552 3,508.07 613.758 3,866.98 Korea, South 3,388,846 751.682 4,508.35 681.915 4,969.60 Hong Kong 78,783 17.989 4,379.34 16.320 4,827.39 Taiwan 2,099,581 424.604 4,944.79 385.195 5,450.70 Japan 550,370 71.625 7,683.95 64.978 8,470.10 Australia 79,739 21.532 3,703.19 19.534 4,082.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,993,229 3,767.607 4,510.35 3,417.917 4,971.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Finland 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 39,671 8.809 4,503.12 7.992 4,963.84 France 10,519 3.191 3,296.26 2.895 3,633.51 Federal Republic of Germany 343,111 97.302 3,526.24 88.271 3,887.02 China 3,708 1.144 3,240.70 1.038 3,572.25 Korea, South 37,787 39.669 952.53 35.988 1,049.99 Taiwan 49,439 14.930 3,311.21 13.545 3,649.98 Japan 1,116,308 731.850 1,525.32 663.924 1,681.38 South Africa 2,096,851 2,505.156 837.01 2,272.640 922.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,878,845 3,458.373 1,121.58 3,137.385 1,236.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 521,192 171.468 3,039.57 155.554 3,350.55 Mexico 26,042,022 9,901.175 2,630.19 8,982.198 2,899.29 Colombia 158,640 7.180 22,093.31 6.514 24,353.70 Brazil 9,050,539 2,993.421 3,023.48 2,715.587 3,332.81 Sweden 2,730,711 565.000 4,833.11 512.560 5,327.59 Finland 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 United Kingdom 105,661 12.742 8,291.87 11.560 9,140.22 Netherlands 201,906 29.365 6,875.60 26.640 7,579.05 Belgium 3,144,512 933.858 3,367.23 847.182 3,711.73 France 2,068,154 971.634 2,128.53 881.452 2,346.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,869,140 510.735 3,659.70 463.332 4,034.13 Austria 171,857 176.308 974.75 159.944 1,074.48 Spain 378,232 123.282 3,068.01 111.840 3,381.90 Italy 896,822 309.683 2,895.93 280.940 3,192.22 India 791,588 241.847 3,273.09 219.400 3,607.97 Thailand 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 Singapore 68,391 26.693 2,562.08 24.216 2,824.21 Indonesia 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 China 26,853,651 10,564.956 2,541.77 9,584.370 2,801.82 Korea, South 3,053,811 1,199.182 2,546.58 1,087.880 2,807.12 Taiwan 14,087,089 2,422.098 5,816.07 2,197.291 6,411.12 Japan 985,646 427.927 2,303.30 388.209 2,538.96 South Africa 5,487,269 1,744.834 3,144.86 1,582.888 3,466.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 101,594,446 34,212.951 2,969.47 31,037.476 3,273.28 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 Slovenia 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 Japan 39,245 16.512 2,376.67 14.980 2,619.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 942,026 344.293 2,736.11 312.338 3,016.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 36,218 11.655 3,107.28 10.574 3,425.19 Mexico 3,164,879 1,124.101 2,815.47 1,019.768 3,103.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 25/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,194,045 150.910 7,912.26 136.904 8,721.77 Finland 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 United Kingdom 85,641 15.541 5,510.48 14.099 6,074.26 Netherlands 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 Belgium 99,125 16.669 5,946.62 15.122 6,555.02 France 412,202 152.761 2,698.34 138.583 2,974.41 Federal Republic of Germany 798,648 178.151 4,482.98 161.616 4,941.64 Hungary 19,917 27.391 727.13 24.849 801.52 Italy 3,604 0.181 19,815.12 0.165 21,842.42 India 1,042,568 279.629 3,728.39 253.676 4,109.84 China 156,070 265.227 588.44 240.610 648.64 Korea, South 430,547 209.635 2,053.79 190.178 2,263.92 Taiwan 384,298 124.991 3,074.60 113.390 3,389.17 Japan 2,265,079 272.236 8,320.26 246.969 9,171.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,239,145 3,190.702 3,522.47 2,894.557 3,882.85 GRAND TOTAL 293,166,486 84,406.885 3,473.25 76,572.660 3,828.61